[TenTec] Trade: Corsair-2 w/PS

[Steve Narducci]

At 03:16 AM 11/4/97 -0600, you wrote:
>On Saturday, November 01, 1997 18:59 PM, Jim
Parsons[SMTP:k5rov@worldnet.att.net] wrote:
>
>
>I hate to be that way,
>>but when you are 70, and on a fixed income, the loss would be devastating,
>>if I met the wrong person....and I seem to keep reading horror stories
>>about such occurances. 
>>
>
>Jim,
>
>Many years ago (almost in another lifetime, it seems like), I saw a
>classified ad in QST for the sale of a Ten-Tec 544, p/s-spkr/vox, and
>remote VFO, less than 10 hours on the air. All for about $800 (it 
>may have been $750 or $850, I forget).
>
>My then-wife thought I was absolutely nuts to send a certified check 
>to the guy after only speaking to him once on the phone about the 
>radio.  I simply smiled and said I trusted him to send the radio; 
>afterall, he's a ham.  I don't think she ever understood the concept 
>or connection. 
>
>It all arrived a week after I sent the check--meaning he had shipped 
>it on my saying I would mail the check!  Again, she was amazed. 
>
>So, Jim, I think we may only hear about the bad news and not hear 
>when things 'work' the way they are supposed to.  Besides, I am 
>sure, if you speak with the person before you send the 
>check/equipment, you can discern whether you feel comfortable 
>doing so or not. 
>
>It turned out, the guy in AL had bought the radio, used it a couple 
>of days, then the Drake TR7 arrived at a ham friends' house.  He 
>liked the TR7 better than the 544 and bought one before even 
>selling the 544--I sent him a note later, when I had gotten to 
>operate a TR7 in a contest, telling him he would have been happier 
>with the 544!
>
>By the way, my Omni VI+ was in it's first serious contest (ARRL 
>SS CW) since being upgraded and it performed absolutely superb
>throughout. 
>
>73,
>
>
>Dale Martin, KG5U
>kg5u@hal-pc.org
>http://www.hal-pc.org/~kg5u
>
>
I've been buying and selling hf gear for years via qst/2 meters/packet/email.
only one guy in Evansville, Indiana tried to get me for some money.  I
threatend to
sue after 6 months of having my money and he mailed my money back.  Many
deals, many
rigs and much happiness with the ham population in general.  Just don't act
like a 
sucker and maybe it won't ever happen.  Remember, if it sounds too good to
be true,
well......you know the rest. Good trading/dxing/and Ten
Tecing......Steve...NW9G


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